Post #9: An Update

This week I started work on the Mermaid project. In class, we divvied up some of the sound cues which will be used as backdrops for different settings. I chose to focus on royal music sounds. I proceeded to record myself buzzing my lips, and used Reaper to organize the sound files into a well-known piece (making frequent use of the EQ). I won’t share the name of the piece here as I would like it to be a surprise when I share my progress with the studio.

Regarding my midterm composition, I have made steady progress. I followed Dr. Joyce’s advice and rerecorded my sounds, limiting their total number to five or six. I’ve also began to put them into Reaper and organize them to narrate the story I have set out to. There are some technical things I’m still trying to figure out, especially how to make panning work, but overall, I feel the project is shaping up. And I feel confident I’ll have something cool, or at least presentable, to share with the studio next week.

Other developments this week include a short composition I’ve started writing (not electronic music) which I hope to be able to share in the student composition recital which Dr. Joyce has announced for sometime in May. Also, I must inform my readers that I will be taking a brief hiatus from my regular blogging schedule, and I will not be posting another blog this Thursday as I normally do. I need some time for catching up on things, but I plan to resume my regular blogging schedule next Tuesday.